Like many so many of history’s greatest stories, our journey today begins in tragedy. Ok, tragedy is a bit of an exaggeration. But if you want to know how I build this ray gun prop from a £1 shop toy you’re going to have to put up with my bullshit. After ham-fistedly...

Part 1 of the Auspex Scanner prop build concluded with the completion of the main body of the scanner as well as some of the detail parts. If you want to read a nice fluffy intro about why I decided to build this fugly brick of a prop, skip back to part 1. However, if...

Both of my regular readers will know that I’ve had a long history with Warhammer 40,000. I credit the game with providing the impetus to make models throughout my teenage years where other competing interests such as girls, Fender guitars and girls with Fender guitars...

If you missed part 1 and part 2 of the Fallout Prop 10mm SMG build you should take a peek at how I made the prop. Or, if you’re allergic to reading about MDF, or just generally a buzz kill at parties, you can keep on reading. How I painted the Fallout Prop 10mm SMG...

While I was adding the finishing touches to my Fallout New Vegas 10mm SMG my mind started to wander towards how I would approach the photoshoot for the finished prop. While I would have loved to put together a suit of power armour and test the limits of my terrified...

By the end of Part 1 of the Fallout SMG prop article I had just started construction of the receiver of the gun. This left me in the enviable position of being able to work on all the detail parts and the various greblies. Whoever designed the 10mm SMG from New Vegas...

Charlotte and I have been playing through Prey over the last couple of weeks. If you’ve not played it, and were a fan of the Sytemshock and Bioshock games, then you’ll definitely love the new Prey reboot. The humble wrench has proven to be a useful ally...

In the deep dark recesses of my memory I recall a time before the weight of the world had crushed my optimism. A time where summers were endless. A time long before I’d learned of the great shame that comes with such tired clichés. During this mythical “better time”...

It’s been quiet here at Prop Up Shop this week. But, having torn myself away from the inexorable tedium of the so called real world, I’ve put together a Doopydoos DL-44 review. There are two things I know about Doopydoos; they produce high quality, competitively...

If you’re reading this blog you probably want to know how to make a Warhammer 40,000 chainsword prop. Therefore, if you’ve got the attention span of a hyperactive Spaniel, you can probably skip this paragraph. Back in the mid 90’s I discovered two things that have...